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Homer the Classic

Gregory Nagy

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Homer the Classic

Format : Paperback, 650 pages

Published in : United States, 10 March 2010

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"Homer the Classic" is about the reception of Homeric poetry from the fifth through the first century BCE. The study of this reception is important for understanding not only the all-pervasive literary influence of ancient Greek epic traditions but also the various ways in which these traditions were used by individuals and states to promote their own cultural and political agenda. The aim of this book, which centers on ancient concepts of Homer as the author of a body of poetry that we know as the "Iliad" and "Odyssey", is not to reassess the oral poetic heritage of Homeric poetry but to show how it became a classic in the days of the Athenian empire and later. This volume is one of two book stemming from six "Sather Classical Lectures" given in the spring semester of 2002 at the University of California at Berkeley while the author was teaching there as the Sather Professor.

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ISBN : 0674033264
EAN (ISBN-13) : 9780674033269
Author : Gregory Nagy
Publisher : Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
Country of Publication : United States
Imprint : Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
Series : Hellenic Studies
Audience : Further/Higher Education
Number of pages : 650
Illustrations : 4 halftones, 21 line illustrations
Product weight : 839 g.
Product Dimensions : 140 x 229 mm
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Deals with the reception of Homeric poetry from the fifth through the first century BCE. This book, which centers on ancient concepts of Homer as the author of a body of poetry, is not to reassess the oral poetic heritage of Homeric poetry but to show how it became a classic in the days of the Athenian empire and later.


About the Author

Gregory Nagy is Jones Professor of Classical Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature, Harvard University, and the Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies, Trustees for Harvard University.

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